Tax-Credit Vouchers

•  MNEA opposes tax-credit vouchers, also known as “charitable scholarships.”

•  House Bill 1783 (2006) would have diverted up to $40 million per year from public schools to support vouchers to private, religious and home schools.

•  Tax credit vouchers take away funding we need to support proven, positive programs to help struggling students and parents and close achievement gaps.

Further Discussion

•  What positive steps should the legislature take to help schools with hard-to-serve students and to close achievement gaps?

•  Would enacting tax credit vouchers help accomplish any of those positive steps?

•  How will tax credit vouchers affect parents and students?

•  Who benefits? Who loses?

We're fighting for them

•  Missouri NEA promotes a proactive agenda that strengthens public education and public educators for the benefit of Missouri's children.

•  MNEA also continues to lead the fight to defeat the many harmful proposals pushed by out-of-state extremist groups and other opponents of public education.

To find out who some of these groups are and what they want for the future of education in Missouri click here: public education opponents.